Button for garments.



v170.757,776. y 1 PATENTED APR."19,1904.

1R. STBINBR. BUTTON FOR GARMBNTS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1903.

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UNITED STATES s Patented April 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

BUTTON FOR GARNIENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' N0. 757,576, dated April 19, 1904. Application filed June', 1903. Serial No. 160,659. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROSA STEINER, born FRNKEL, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing `at 52 Praterstrasse, Vienna II, Austria-Hungary, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons for Garments, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates more particularly to buttons formed of flexible material which will not be broken or injured when the garment to which they are attached is being laundered. Its objects are to provide a button of this character Which Will avoid the inconveniences of buttons which have hitherto been formed for use on linen garments and the like and were made with metallic or fragile rings. The button forming the ,present invention is made entirely of flexible material, requires only a small buttonhole, is not easily unbuttoned, and does not enlarge the buttonhole. It can be produc-ed either by hand or by machinery. In making it by hand it is ordinarily formed by making a spiral of a suitable cord around which athreadv is knitted,crocheted, or applied in any other suitable manner, so that the Windings of the spiral are made to form a homogeneous Whole. In producing the button byv machinery the cord is placed in a suitable loom and the thread then wound around.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating this invention, Figure 1 shows'a button made by hand. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 shows a button partly unfinished. Fig. 4 shows a button provided with a strengthening-rim. Figs. 5 to 10 show various different styles of buttons formed according to this invention. y

As shown in Figs. 1- and 2, the button made by hand consists of a spirally-Wound cord 1, around which the outer thread 2 is applied. Instead of the cord without abase, referred to above, a layer of threads or a cord is arranged in a suitable manner and in the desired form on a base ci, consisting of any suitable fabric. The outer thread c is then applied over the layer of threads or cord by knitting, sewing, or the like, so that the layer and threads when nished form a rigidV whole, with the fabric forming the base. The latter at the same time forms a firm support for the machine. The cord forming the body of the button may be arranged in any geometrical or conventional form, so that when the thread is worked over the same Various effects may be produced, examples of which are shown in Figs. 5 to 10.

When desired, a stifening-rim d may be applied, as shown in Fig. 4, which is made of any suitable cord or the like.

An eyelet for the button is formed of either a single cord or crossed cords, as shown in Figs. l and 2, which is preferably made of the same material as the button.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl

l. A flexible button for garments or the like, comprising a spirally-wound cord forming a core around which is worked a thread in any suitable manner whereby the plies of the cord are united together, and an eyelet comprising one or more loops of the same thread of which the button is formed.

2. A flexible button for garments, consisting of a layer of fabric, cords arranged on said fabric in a'ny desired form, said cord being Worked over by thread and secured thereby to the' fabric, a cord forming the circumi ference of the button, and an eyelet for said -button formed of the same material comprising the main part of the button. e

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 23d day of May, 1903, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROSA STEINER.

Witnesses:

ALvEs'ro S. HOGUE, IGNAZ -KNIPFELMACHER 

